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![Louis Vuitton kicks off fashion week with diplomatic style](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/47/7f/68/Louis-Vuitton-kicks-off-fashion-wee-117818_small.jpg)
Louis Vuitton kicks off fashion week with diplomat...
Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Tuesday with hip-hop mogul Pharrell Williams putting on his latest branding event for Louis Vuitt...
!['Lord of the Rings' star McKellen hospitalised after stage fall](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e7/80/20/-Lord-of-the-Rings--star-McKellen-h-744447_small.jpg)
'Lord of the Rings' star McKellen hospitalised aft...
Veteran British actor Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, was rushed to hospital late on Mon...
![Paris prepares epic Olympics dance show](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/9b/c6/9a/Paris-prepares-epic-Olympics-dance--181328_small.jpg)
Paris prepares epic Olympics dance show
Music pounds through an empty hangar on the outskirts of Paris as dancers perform a few snatches of a top-secret routine in front...
![Music platform CEO says AI is not the enemy](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/bc/b3/ac/Music-platform-CEO-says-AI-is-not-t-046991_small.jpg)
Music platform CEO says AI is not the enemy
Musicians around the world have described artificial intelligence as a threat to creativity, but the CEO of one popular platform t...
![Eurovision winner Nemo gets hero's welcome in Swiss hometown](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5c/c7/95/Eurovision-winner-Nemo-gets-hero-s--611671_small.jpg)
Eurovision winner Nemo gets hero's welcome in Swis...
Eurovision winner Nemo received a hero's welcome on Monday as they took to the stage to give their Swiss hometown of Biel a celebr...
![Coppola epic 'Megalopolis' lands deal for US theater release](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3a/28/42/Coppola-epic--Megalopolis--lands-de-555667_small.jpg)
Coppola epic 'Megalopolis' lands deal for US theat...
Francis Ford Coppola's new film "Megalopolis" -- a wildly ambitious and divisive epic that cost its legendary director a vast pers...
![Argentines pawn family jewels to make ends meet](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d9/62/d9/Argentines-pawn-family-jewels-to-ma-314876_small.jpg)
Argentines pawn family jewels to make ends meet
In Argentina's strangled economy, one sector is thriving: the pawn shops buying up gold and other family treasures that many are f...
!['Outsiders,' 'Stereophonic' top Tony Awards](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/e7/f3/26/-Outsiders----Stereophonic--top-Ton-989999_small.jpg)
'Outsiders,' 'Stereophonic' top Tony Awards
Coming-of-age musical "The Outsiders" and "Stereophonic," a play about a 1970s band putting together an album, earned top honors S...
!['Inside Out 2' posts smashing debut at N.American box office](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5f/57/e1/-Inside-Out-2--posts-smashing-debut-546448_small.jpg)
'Inside Out 2' posts smashing debut at N.American...
The coming-of-age movie "Inside Out 2" debuted atop the North American box office, raking in a whopping $155 million with its anim...
![Fashion Week brings another layer of chaos to Paris](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f2/23/d3/Fashion-Week-brings-another-layer-o-332013_small.jpg)
Fashion Week brings another layer of chaos to Pari...
Paris Fashion Week returns on Tuesday, bringing some much-needed light relief to a country in the throes of political chaos.
![Playful pope jokes with world's comedians ahead of G7](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/6b/fa/67/Playful-pope-jokes-with-world-s-com-157513_small.jpg)
Playful pope jokes with world's comedians ahead of...
Pope Francis on Friday clowned around with over 100 top global comedians including Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Rock and Jimmy Fallon be...
![R.E.M. delivers surprise performance at songwriting gala](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/74/6f/fe/R-E-M--delivers-surprise-performanc-038100_small.jpg)
R.E.M. delivers surprise performance at songwritin...
R.E.M. performed onstage together for the first time in well over a decade Thursday, reuniting to play their classic "Losing My Re...
![Iranians seek guidance from ancient poetry of Hafez](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/5f/86/ab/Iranians-seek-guidance-from-ancient-707173_small.jpg)
Iranians seek guidance from ancient poetry of Hafe...
When Iranians worry about life's big questions, many seek answers in the works and wisdoms of Persia's most revered poet, Hafez --...
![UK designer Vivienne Westwood's wardrobe set for charity auction](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/fd/94/6d/UK-designer-Vivienne-Westwood-s-war-118217_small.jpg)
UK designer Vivienne Westwood's wardrobe set for c...
The personal wardrobe of late British fashion designer and political activist Vivienne Westwood is going on sale, with proceeds do...
![French writer Michel Houellebecq deemed too offensive by AI](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d3/5b/a6/French-writer-Michel-Houellebecq-de-100821_small.jpg)
French writer Michel Houellebecq deemed too offens...
The world's favourite French misanthrope writer Michel Houellebecq is too controversial for the world's new AI tools, which find h...
![Iconic Paris cinema shuts in sign of Champs-Elysees decline](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/ab/6f/87/Iconic-Paris-cinema-shuts-in-sign-o-177237_small.jpg)
Iconic Paris cinema shuts in sign of Champs-Elysee...
The iconic UGC Normandie cinema on the Champs-Elysees in Paris closed its doors Thursday after 90 years -- with critics seeing ano...
![BTS mania hits Seoul ahead of 'huggathon' with Jin](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/54/a8/e6/BTS-mania-hits-Seoul-ahead-of--hugg-412245_small.jpg)
BTS mania hits Seoul ahead of 'huggathon' with Jin
For BTS ARMY members, as the K-pop phenomenon's fan base is known, the timing of Jin's discharge from South Korean military servic...
![007 producers to receive honorary Oscars](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3a/85/8c/007-producers-to-receive-honorary-O-297172_small.jpg)
007 producers to receive honorary Oscars
The producers of the James Bond movies will receive honorary Oscars at a ceremony this November, the Academy said Wednesday, as an...
![Gabon artists dream of taking music born in prison to global stage](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/0e/ae/de/Gabon-artists-dream-of-taking-music-181275_small.jpg)
Gabon artists dream of taking music born in prison...
In a bar in Gabon's capital Libreville, revellers get up and dance as soon as the DJ plays N'Tcham -- a local rhythmic genre born...
![Does street art belong in a museum?](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/6b/98/98/Does-street-art-belong-in-a-museum--111773_small.jpg)
Does street art belong in a museum?
Invaders in the Petit Palais: some 60 of the world's most renowned street artists have been invited into the rarefied confines of...
![French singer and 60s pop icon Francoise Hardy dies aged 80](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/d8/66/24/French-singer-and-60s-pop-icon-Fran-621788_small.jpg)
French singer and 60s pop icon Francoise Hardy die...
French singer Francoise Hardy, whose crystalline voice and melancholy lyrics shot her to international stardom in the 1960s, has d...
![BTS star Jin finishes South Korean military service](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/3e/33/48/BTS-star-Jin-finishes-South-Korean--100181_small.jpg)
BTS star Jin finishes South Korean military servic...
K-pop megastar Jin from BTS was discharged from his South Korean military service Wednesday and feted by bandmates who hugged him,...
![Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/73/39/80/Elon-Musk-drops-lawsuit-against-Ope-408044_small.jpg)
Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Alt...
Elon Musk on Tuesday dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman for betraying the startup...
![Phony 'news' portals surpass US newspaper sites, researchers say](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/49/b9/79/Phony--news--portals-surpass-US-new-212712_small.jpg)
Phony 'news' portals surpass US newspaper sites, r...
Partisan websites masquerading as media outlets now outnumber American newspaper sites, a research group that tracks misinformatio...
![Nigeria's repressed LGBTQ party people let 'true self' out at Lagos ball](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/f2/b7/a2/Nigeria-s-repressed-LGBTQ-party-peo-488111_small.jpg)
Nigeria's repressed LGBTQ party people let 'true s...
Performers strutted their stuff onstage at an LGBTQ community dance party in Nigeria's Lagos, publicly celebrating their identitie...
![Hong Kong novelists seek freedom in exile after democracy crackdown](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/57/a7/1b/Hong-Kong-novelists-seek-freedom-in-872809_small.jpg)
Hong Kong novelists seek freedom in exile after de...
When Hong Kong author Kay So left her home city in 2020, she had in her luggage two short stories she had written about the huge,...
![Tourists get taste of old Japan at hidden 'snack bars'](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/7c/3b/98/Tourists-get-taste-of-old-Japan-at--443015_small.jpg)
Tourists get taste of old Japan at hidden 'snack b...
Down a Tokyo street lined with bright signs, up narrow stairs and behind a windowless door is a "snack bar" long cherished by regu...
![South China's 'fast and furious' Dragon Boat racing turns heads](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/2d/8e/73/South-China-s--fast-and-furious--Dr-186536_small.jpg)
South China's 'fast and furious' Dragon Boat racin...
Rowers furiously paddling careened around tight corners past packed crowds on Monday in southern China's Foshan, where the Dragon...
![Pioneering black conductor melds opera with S.African dance music](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/2f/90/46/Pioneering-black-conductor-melds-op-616410_small.jpg)
Pioneering black conductor melds opera with S.Afri...
Ofentse Pitse embodies a fierce sense of fun as she waves her conducting baton passionately in a dimly lit auditorium in Johannesb...
!['House of the Dragon' returns for more blood and fire](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/98/39/58/-House-of-the-Dragon--returns-for-m-410551_small.jpg)
'House of the Dragon' returns for more blood and f...
"House of the Dragon" returns next week after a strike-related delay, promising more of the blood, fire and power struggles that f...
!['Bad Boys' tops N.American box office in boost for Will Smith](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/1e/88/ce/-Bad-Boys--tops-N-American-box-offi-863777_small.jpg)
'Bad Boys' tops N.American box office in boost for...
Will Smith marked his first major film hit since his infamous Oscars slap as "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" debuted atop the North Americ...
![Reporters Without Borders head dies of cancer aged 53](https://www.journaldebruxelles.be/media/shared/articles/4e/89/0e/Reporters-Without-Borders-head-dies-181108_small.jpg)
Reporters Without Borders head dies of cancer aged...
Christophe Deloire, head of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based press freedom group, died on Saturday aged 53, the orga...